Background
Watters, James Isaac was born on April 4, 1908 in Broadus, Montana, United States. Son of James O. and Hilda C. (Erickson) Watters.
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James Isaac Watters
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Education
Student, University Florida, 1926-1928; student, University California at Berkeley, 1928-1929; Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1943.
Career
Teacher, Anoka public schools, 1931-1938; instructor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1941-1943; chief analytical chemistry on atom bomb project, University of Chicago, 1943-1945; associate professor, U. Kentucky, 1945-1948; associate professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1948-1958; professor of chemistry, mathematics and physical science, then professor emeritus, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1958-1978. Summer consultant United States Agency for International Development, Punjab U., 1965, Annamalai U., 1966, Ujjain U., 1967. All India.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Zeta Psi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Louise G. Chambers, August 28, 1938. Children: Louise Emilie Pflaum, Molly Marie Sutherland, James Norman, Kathryn Verne Murphy.
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January 20, 1989 (aged 80) -
Resting place
Buried Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Minnesota -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Lutheran